Testa’s comments came in the closing arguments in the death penalty trial of 54-year-old Choyce. Testa displayed for jurors graphic pictures of his victims, showing the women in sexual poses, shot in the head and dumped in secluded places.

Choyce is on trial charged with killing the women – all prostitutes – more than a decade ago. Two of the women were from Stockton and a third from Oakland.

Choyce’s defense attorney William Fattarsi then argued that Testa tried to appeal to jurors’ emotion by bombarding them with the pictures and a long line of witnesses.

“How many times have we had to look at these same photographs?” Fattarsi said. “It’s an obvious appeal to your emotions.”

Fattarsi asked jurors to look beyond the prosecution’s shocking images and language to the facts of the case. Fattarsi said Choyce is not guilty. Jurors are expected to begin deliberating today.

Read Friday’s Record for more on this story by staff writer Scott Smith.